TITLE

THE ROLE OF PUBLIC OPINION IN UNITED STATES POLICIES TOWARD THE UNITED NATIONS

AUTHOR(S)

Cory Jr., Robert H.

PUB. DATE

May 1957

SOURCE

International Organization;Spring57, Vol. 11 Issue 2, p220

SOURCE TYPE

Academic Journal

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

This article discusses the role of public opinion in United States policies toward the United Nations. The question is: what role will public opinion play in formulating American policy on issues which are crucial in the strengthening of the U.N.? Public satisfaction rises and falls not in relation to specific successes or failures of the U.N. but rather in relation to feelings about international conflict. If hopes for peace are high, then the U.N. reaps the benefits. Support for the international organization is based on the view that it is a hopeful method for avoiding war. Because of this detachment of the image of the U.N. as possible peacemaker from the context of international politics, support of U.S. membership as measured in nine successive national samples did not fall below 73 percent between February 1951 and October 1954.

ACCESSION #

15778297

Tags: PUBLIC opinion;  UNITED States -- Foreign relations;  UNITED Nations;  PUBLIC opinion polls;  WORLD politics;  POLICY sciences;  INTERNATIONAL relations;  INTERNATIONAL agencies

 

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